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nRANols n. VIOLET, or GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN.

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srn'cmcmrrorrrprmingpm omettere-Patentino ease-79, eatearuiy 16,1888'.

.Application filed January i7, 1F87.

simi )10.224,544. No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom it may granteern:A v Be it knownthat, 'FRANoIs N .-Vror.nr, of Green-Bay, -inthecounty .of Brown, audio' the State of Wisconsimjhfiv'e-invented certain-1 5 new and useful Improvemeutsin Mowers; and', I do herebydeolare thatthe'following is'a full, clear,- andl exact.desoriptiornthereof.4 j

. My invention relates to` mowing-inachnes, ondwill be fully-'deseribed hereinafter.. t 171eribsetssgliguw1isa-plan View of "-jmyjmpvedlxnower I [fg. 2 isa'side eleva-y vatlonfwithwheel removed-and the exle only posite ormoreremotejwheel.

B' isa box 'whehis feast with sleeve B and has earsib.b,'blywhich it is secured rmlygto flame C by boltsb'bf. The sleeveB has also 25 youstjvvith it abed, B.for the seat-frame B3, vto ,which the tongue D is secured 'y The gearing by which motion is conveyed to,

the operating parts of my moweris vinelosed in thefranie'C, and-consists of a toothed wheel,

3o D','the hub of which is fast on therexle A, this lWheel gearing with a'pinion', D?, thatzearriesa toothed wheel, D, both loose on 'ashort' axle, d',a pinion, D,loose;on axle A, and a. bevel wheel, 135, carried bylpi-uon D, which 'bevel-A 4wheel drives a bevel pihion, E, vthe latter- -ljxed on a shaft, E', that Ahas its bearings in .boxes d? ouille frame C.

Onits inner endl shaftr E carries awristy wheel, F, the wristfof which enters a box, Ff,

in one corner ofatrangularlever, G, through whiohmotion is conveyedtothe pitman g of the cutterbar .g"; thepitmar gaudthelever G beingieonuectemsy abarl'l-andsoeketjoint at g. The third or uppe'r corner v of lthe lever Cl -is forni d with al'ug, G', through which pesses th'er duced' portion vofan arm, h, of ayole or spanner, H, whieh'is 1oosely.securd therein by a nut, h. fhe'armsh2 ofyolge or Spanner H loosely lamp a collar, H', that surrounds a 5 0 b ox, I, on sl eve B, and these armsar'e swiveled While the yoke Audaetug With'the'olip or yollre to .is securedto anotheilose box,

a'triangleand clamping between their-lowerconntersuuk opening,

them, and a lug, p,

, to boxlby ins i. Asst-screw,seouresthe collar Hf adjustnienton box I, which latter vis loosely clamped on 'a reduced portion of sleeve B bya clip or-yoke, if, and thus the le- I ver G is suspended froml three points with its .5 3 lower corner on. a plane very slightly higher than that-iu which the cutterbar reeiprocaes.

H isfreeto 'oscillare in the direction ofthe length of the axle, the collar H is fixed to thev boit` and thereforewhen the bx is turned, as will' be described farther on. the'lower cornerpf the lever G will be raisedor lowered. The outtensho'e P is suspended'- fromthe sleeve B- by arms 'K E', the arm being seouredtobox I by the clip voryoke t", 63

clamp the other arm, K',

1', by aelip or yoke, 63, the two arms; oiming with the sleeve box I ouj'the sleeve, while the ends a. casting, K2, to the outer ends of which vis secured by bolts la ka removable hinge- This hinge-piece is formed with two ears, o o', one of which, o, is slotted, as shown in'Fig 2, and the other formed 'with a double '75 this slot 'and `opening' serving to reoeivea bar,'s,whichpasses through of the shoe that proj eots op between thesaid earso of. The rear end of the bars-isoonneoted to. the front end ot' a bent 8o lever, L, by a link, t, and lever L is fulcrumed to a lng, L', that islmlteelv to and extends up from the castingjl; At its edge opposite-the' lug'p the shoe is formed with another lug, a, and this is oonneeted to the forward end 'of a 85 bent lever,{}, loyl alink,`L3. Levers L and L? are fulerumedup'on the sameaxis.

piece, l.

The front portion ofthe arms K K' is suspended from vthe tong-ue and seat-frame, from the former bye. link, m,tbe forward end of 9o which' is hooked toa elevis, m', ou the bottom Vof the tongue, .while its rear end is hooked in fuloruxned toalug, N', on the seat-frame. The

oiut ofthe hooked orshort arm of lever N extends back'beyond the point of the fulcrum moandv approaches the long arrn,

so that when the parts are in position (shown inFig. 2) the draft v 'of the linkM will be behind the fulcrum4 of lever N, and the frau1e,consisting of the arms K andK and casting K2, will be held in its highest working position, while ifthe lever 15Ty be turned` forward beyond a-vertical position vthe` frame will Ibe dropped' to its lowest tion. l

By means of the link m the draft ofthe machine is divided between the frame K K K. v

It win be observed that the shaft of'wheein, as well as the wrist f on wheel F,points di rectly to the axis of the'yoke H. In other words, lines drawn through the axis of shaft E and wrist f, respectively, in the. direction 'of the pins i will approach each other and meet, at the axis'of pins ,and therefore, though the aforesaid shaft and wrist-pin t snugly in their bearings, there is no liability of cramping, and

'as the connection between the lever Gand the cutter-bar is on veryinearly the same plane there is no liability of. cramping at that point- To permitthe proper adj ustment of the parts is one ofthe oiices of the-box I,-foras the collar H' is secured about, the box by set-bolts d it can he adjusted to the right or left to carry the box F nearer to' or farther from the wristwheelF, or the collar H can be turned on the box I to lift or drop the lower corner of the lev'er G. The oiice' of lever Lis to tilt the shoe P backward or forward, and the of'ce of lever L2 is to tilt the shoe l? in such a direction as to raise and lower the outer end of posi-4 tongue and theV the cuttenbar. The ofiice of Alever N is not only to set the -frame K K K2 4to suit the height of grain to be cut, but to lift the frame and shoe for the purpose of avoiding obstructionsl' Having thus vfully described my invention, what I claim as' new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, in amowing-machine, of an axle and a sleeve loosely fitted thereon, a frame carried by the axle and suitable gearing, a wrist-wheel driven by the axle-through the gearing, a triangular lever wristed to said wheel at one corner, a box and swiveled yoke connecting anotherl corner of said lever with the sleeve, and' a sickle connected to thethird corner, substantially'as described.-` v

2. The combination, with the drivingwheel, of the wrstwheel, th'e'sickle, a triangular lever connecting` the sickle and wrist-wheel, a yoke swiveled to the triangular lever, the axle audits sleeve, and a collar to which the yoke is-pivoted, said collar adapted to revolve on' the sleeve, substantially as described. Y

In testimony that, I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Milwaukee, in the-county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANCIS N. VIOLET.

Witnesses:

S. S. S'roUT, MAURICE F.. FREAR. 

